Brandeis University's Community Newspaper — Waltham, Mass.
On the road against a division II opponent and missing their number 2 and 3 singles match players, there was not much left for the Judges to answer with as they fell 3-6 to Assumption College. Without them, and even with them, Coach Ben Lamana knew this would be a tough match.
After a slow start to the season, replete with back-to-back overtime losses, the Brandeis womens soccer team has come alive and kicking. The team continued its winning ways to six games with a 2-0 victory over Westfield State.
Brandeis mens soccer extended its undefeated streak to three games with a 3-0 thumping of visiting Bridgewater State on Sept. 27. Ben Premo 09 continued his offensive outburst with two goals in the contest. For the Judges, it was a strong performance against a team that is probably NCAA tournament-bound. As Coach Mike Coven put it, To beat them is another feather in our cap.
Arizona v. Atlanta: Arizona has been getting beat up and the Falcons will not make it easier. The Falcons are back at home and will be looking rebound from the beating they took against the Saints. The Cardinals have a chance if they can get RB Edgerrin James to play better than he has so far this year. I say it aint happening this week. Pick: ATLANTA
The mens and womens cross-country teams competed in the 39th annual Codfish Bowl this Saturday and both posted great results. The men were able to continue their successes from previous meets on the 8k course to earn a third place finish out of the 18 division III teams at the meet. The women showed similar success with a sixth place finish out of the 21 teams present, with Megan Bisceglia 07 finishing first out of all the division III runners on the 5K course. Both squads showed outstanding performances and set personal records at this competition.
For 32 years, Brandeis softball has only known of one coach. That has changed with Brandeis announcing the hiring of their new coach: Jessica Johnson.
The Brandeis womens volleyball team hit a rough patch at the Amherst College Invitational Tournament. The Judges dropped their first three matches and then finished strong with a sweep to close out the tourney 1-3.
Baseball
The Red Sox's Coco Crisp will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery on his index finger.
This week, I had the chance to sit down and speak with Katie Nadworny 09, the director of the Free Play Theatre Cooperatives first production, Summer Evenings in Des Moines by Charles Mee.
During the halfway point of October, smack dab in the middle of midterm season and when the weather makes the leaves and people change shades of color, the Brandeis community will be given a real treat. For those of us who will survive the first onslaught of exams and papers, and especially for those who wont survive, Student Events will present a two-day music festival that should prove to be the music event of the year. Those wrought with a case of the Mondays on October 16th can relax and enjoy the indie pop sounds of Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think;
those with energy to burn and in need of a kick of punk can skank to the sounds of Flogging Molly, Bedouin Soundclash, and Zox on October 17th. And for those who just love music, these two days will make Levin Ballroom seem like an oasis in the desert of the mid-semester overload of work.
